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a concentric layer of connective tissue in which the enamel organ and dental papilla are embedded, which completely surrounds the developing tooth after the epithelial attachment that connects the enamel organ with the dental lamina disintegrates.Medical dictionary. 2011.
dental sac — noun : the mesenchymal investment of the developing tooth and enamel organ that differentiates into cementoblasts about the dentin and forms a connective tissue sheath about the enamel organ … Useful english dictionary
sac — 1. A pouch or bursa. SYN: saccus [TA]. SEE ALSO: sacculus. 2. An encysted abscess at the root of a tooth. 3. The capsule of a tumor, or envelope of a cyst. [L. saccus, a … Medical dictionary
Dental follicle — Histologic slide showing a tooth bud. A: enamel organ B: dental papilla C: dental follicle The dental follicle is a sac containing the developing tooth and its odontogenic organ. The dental follicle (DF) differentiates into the periodontal… … Wikipedia
Sac-winged bat — Taxobox name = Sac winged bats image caption=Sac winged bat regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Chiroptera familia = Emballonuridae familia authority = Gervais in de Castelnau, 1855 subdivision ranks = Genera subdivision … Wikipedia
tooth sac — n DENTAL SAC … Medical dictionary
dentinal sac — noun : dental sac … Useful english dictionary
tooth sac — noun : dental sac … Useful english dictionary
enamel sac — the enamel organ during the stage in which its outer layer forms a sac enclosing the whole dental germ … Medical dictionary
follicle — 1. A more or less spherical mass of cells usually containing a cavity. 2. A crypt or minute cul de sac or lacuna, such as the depression in the skin from which the hair emerges. SYN: folliculus [TA]. [L. folliculus, a small sac, dim. of follis, a … Medical dictionary
Periodontal ligament — The periodontal ligament, commonly abbreviated as the PDL is a group of specialized connective tissue fibers that essentially attach a tooth to the alveolar bone within which it sits. These fibers help the tooth withstand the naturally… … Wikipedia
